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beak—dead. I thought after this extraordinary behaviour a change

would do them good, so I removed them into another aviary. Three

eggs were laid by 21st June. One young hatched but the other two

eggs were infertile. This young one was also killed by the 11th July.

She again laid four eggs by the third week of July, and this time I

removed the cock bird from the aviary and left the hen sitting. Two

young ones were hatched, and these were successfully reared by the

hen alone. I wonder whether this plan will work again or some new

treatment will be necessary.


A pair of young birds I reared last year nested, laying two eggs

by the 24th May. Hen bird was found dead on the nest through being

egg-bound. I transferred the two eggs into the Barrabands’ nest.

One egg hatched out on the 12th June, but the young did not

live long.


Another pair, also reared last year, laid four eggs. All the eggs

were infertile. Another two eggs were laid by the middle of June,

both of which were again infertile. It is interesting to note that

these Parrakeets nest when they are not quite a year old.


Crowned Starling ( Galeopsar salvadorii). Last year’s breeding

pair laid two eggs by 11th May. Both hatched out. One young one

died and the other one was reared. Laid again, three eggs by 27th July.

Two young were hatched. One died but the other one was reared,

leaving the nest by the end of September. I again let the hen bird

out, and she was at liberty the whole time till the young were reared.

The cock bird was kept in a cage inside the aviary shelter where the

nest was.


Wonga Wong A Pigeon ( Leucosarcia picata). These birds have

been most unsatisfactory. In November, 1931, they laid one egg on

the floor of the aviary, which was broken.


Another egg was found broken in a nest on 11th December, 1931.

Laid another egg on the 17th February, 1932, which was infertile.

Another two eggs were laid by the 27th March, both of which hatched

out by the 17th April. Both young ones found dead on 5th May.

Again laid one egg between 18th and 25th May, both of which were

infertile. Another two eggs by 22nd June. One young one was

hatched 7th July, the other dead in shell. The young one was found



